Yes, there are still funny moments in our country today. We do get to snicker at Trump on occasion. That doesn’t outweigh all the disasters he has going, but it makes it easier for just a few moments. Vance tried, but Trump didn’t. No support there. That’s harsh. But let’s get to the part with the *snerk*s. Props to Raw Story:
The internet was stunned on Saturday night after Vice President JD Vance announced that talks had failed between Iran and the United States — all while President Donald Trump and his family attended a UFC event in Miami. Trump walked into the arena and was booed by the crowd while Kid Rock blared, just as Vance had publicly acknowledged the conversation between the Iranian and American diplomatic teams had not reached an agreement despite the 21 hours of marathon talking.
Trump was booed at a UFC event. HAHAHAHAHA serves him right. Last we know, they liked having him there. Now they don’t. That must have shattered his ego just a tiny bit. It’s a surprise he hasn’t ranted about it today. Maybe he’s actually embarrassed … nah. Not Trump. He would pretend not to notice. Kid Rock playing was not a surprise.
Vance was embarrassed by this news. Trump deliberately set him up for failure. And he’s going to use it against Vance. There is no liking for the man, but dang, that’s some baloney. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he tried. The other question is, why did they only negotiate for ONE DAY? Apparently, diplomatic discussions don’t take place over days like they used to. It’s still strange.
People didn’t hold back from sharing their thoughts on social media: “I guess all the Iran experts had to be at the UFC?” Writer and essayist Hari Kunzru wrote on Bluesky. //// “When I heard that Trump was at a UFC fight tonight while Vance was trying to hammer out the Iran deal at four in the morning, Iran time, I thought it was a joke,” writer Mary Pezzulo wrote on Bluesky. //// “How the f— is the president and Secretary of State at a UFC fight in Miami while war negotiations affecting the world economy are falling apart. And I know that MF– isn’t going to try to play golf tomorrow too,” Ron Filipkowski, Editor in Chief of MeidasNews, wrote on Bluesky.
The quote from Mr. Filipkowski surprised me. I had not heard him be that, shall we say, direct. The others were wonderfully cutting, too. The image Trump presented as the “leader” of our country was abysmal. The news for this didn’t show up until today, or it would have been a “Late Night” column. Oh, well, something is bound to show up. It always does.
“These 2 pics are happening simultaneously: LEFT: Vance after he fails to secure a permanent ceasefire to the illegal war Trump launched. RIGHT: Trump attends UFC fight 5 days after threatening genocide of 90M people. This is what happens when you elect a genocidal fascist and an unqualified sycophant,” Qasim Rashid, human rights lawyer, wrote on Bluesky. //// “He clearly just wants to run the UFC, not the country. Someone should find a way to make that happen,” Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin, founder of The Gaia Leadership Project & The Ripple Effect Institute, wrote on Bluesky. //// “There was never a framework for a deal. I heard someone say, ‘Not only does Iran have the cards, but they hold a strait.’ Another Trump failure,” writer and editor Stephen Simpson wrote on X.
Okay, I used the “strait” line earlier this week, but it’s still funny the second and third time. That’s a succinct description of Trump. Genocidal fascist. We hadn’t gotten to the genocidal part until last week, whereupon I did a lot of screaming. The two images next to each other are night and day. Vance was against the war from the beginning, so Trump threw responsibility onto Vance to bring about this exact result – failure. Unfortunately for Vance, he’s getting slapped with ETTD. So what’s going to happen next with Iran? Any ideas? Our country will be going downhill while we wait.
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‘Not only does Iran have the cards, but they hold a strait.’
Nice.
That made me giggle for a long time. 😉